53% doubt survival of youth-led parties due to inexperience: Survey
Other factors mentioned were a lack of capable leaders (18%), low voter confidence or public support (15%), political intolerance (15%), and organisational weakness (13%).
About 53% of the respondents in a recent survey believe youth-led political parties formed after last year's July mass uprising will not survive in Bangladesh's political landscape due to inexperience.
The survey, conducted jointly by Voice for Reform and the Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), found that 36% of respondents said youth-led political parties would not last, while 38% believed they would survive.
The majority of the respondents who were sceptical about the survival of such parties cited a lack of political experience as the main reason.
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Other factors mentioned were a lack of capable leaders (18%), low voter confidence or public support (15%), political intolerance (15%), and organisational weakness (13%).
Meanwhile, those who believe the parties would survive, cited new thinking and innovative power (27%), leadership in the July movement (25%), aspiration for positive change (24%), courage (23%) and integrity (20%) as their reasons.
Support for the idea of young people forming political parties was nearly evenly split, with 46% opposed and 45% in favour.
BIGD fellow Syeda Salina Aziz presented the findings today (11 August) at the National Archives Auditorium in Agargaon, Dhaka.
The telephone survey was conducted among 5,489 men and women across 64 districts between 1 and 20 July this year.
